If asked, Xenia Adonts describes herself as " a Parisian entrepreneur, originally from Germany and with Russian roots ." Founder and designer of the ready-to-wear brand Attire The Studio, she presented a second collection during Paris Fashion Week in early October. Attire The Studio's key words are transparency, sustainability, ethical production, quality & design, values that echo those of STATEMENT.
All women have fought a battle at one time or another. What has been your life's challenge?
Knowing how to make myself heard. Setting boundaries. Falling down 99 times and getting up 100 times!
When do you feel you are showing strength?
I believe true strength comes from gentleness. It may be a cliché, but gentleness overcomes anything. Think of water versus rocks: over time, even a stream can wash away a mountain...
Made in turn of shadows and light, such are women, echoing the moon that rules us. What is your share of light, what is your share of shadow?
Of course, but remember that there can be no light without shadow, no happiness without sadness. "The other side" is not necessarily a bad thing.
Express your most important conviction, the one that guides your steps in life.
Everything you need is within you.
Mind upload. It marks the starting point for the story of our heroine ALYH, who uploads her mind into a universe in which she evolves and surpasses herself. What abilities would you develop if this adventure were offered to you?
I would love to be gifted with super fast learning.
What if you had a magic wand? How would you redefine our future, yours? Would you use it?
I'm eager to discover the future, but I don't want to know it in advance. That would deprive me of the journey ahead.
Never give up… What would you say to your best friend as a child?
To the pleasures of life. As Émilie says in Paris, "Who would we be without the pleasures of life? Germans!"
The best:
My personal development and the work I have done to become a better human being.
